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08 January 2011
Regretsy Christmas 2010 Special This is a little late for Christmas, but you have to see this. It's just so... so... je ne sais quois.
I was impressed by the sincere effort to make the animation a LOT less crappy than the "crafts" featured, and was bowled over to see in the credits the voices of Rob "Yakko of Animaniacs" Paulsen and April "Don't Call Me Paul's Daughter" Winchell. Still, the title "Island of Misfit Fuckery" seemed kinda Department of Redundancy Department to me.
It's something, all right. It's bizarre and disturbing in a entertaining way.
And I've been browsing the Regretsy entries and am reduced to the verge of hysterics over some of the entries. My favourites have to be the "Compare and Save" entries. It's Etsy policy that their vendors must offer merchandise that is either a) substantially handmade, or b) vintage, which on Etsy is defined as at least 20 years old. The Compare and Save entries match purportedly vintage or handmade Etsy items with identical and lower-priced offerings on Amazon or wherever. I've seen many an item that I was sure were no more vintage than your average Wii, and it's fun to see people who are trying to pull a fast one on the Etsy shopper exposed.